The state’s strategic banking corporation is to begin funding higher-risk companies and will provide alternative forms of finance including debt as part of a shake up in its remit.

The Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI), which currently lends cheap cash for banks to loan on to businesses, will make a number of changes to its business model in the next five years, following a review of its strategy.

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